Artificial Intelligence—Is the Emperor Really Naked? Recently, I came across an intriguing article titled, “The Emperor Has No Clothes,” highlighting the outsized hype surrounding artificial intelligence—or what I prefer to call digital intelligence. This...
Why Train Your Team on the Use of AI We were recently asked to create an AI training program for an economic development organization. In response, we proposed a series of three 90-minute virtual sessions focused on using AI tools to enhance lead generation, real...
The friend I’m referring to lives on my phone. When I say hello, she asks me, “How’s it going?” She helps personalize our conversations, remembering details from current and past discussions—like the one I’m having with her now. And yes, I did say her—at...
AI in Site Selection: Lessons from the Field Earlier this year, I was asked to conduct a site search for a Chicago-based food processing company considering expansion into Indiana. As an experiment, I began the search using ChatGPT to identify available...
At Whittaker Associates, Inc., we are wrapping up an engaging nine-month pilot project in collaboration with Valparaiso University, supported by a National Science Foundation grant. The goal was straightforward yet ambitious: demonstrate how academic resources and...
